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​Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Representative Informs on Results of Attack on Factory Were russians Assemble Iranian Shahed-type UAVs

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On April 2, unknown drones attacked enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan in the russian federation for the first time / Open source photo
On April 2, unknown drones attacked enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan in the russian federation for the first time / Open source photo

The factory for the production of Shahed-type suicide drones in Tatarstan suffered significant destruction of production facilities as a result of the drone attack, such "joys" will continue

Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, stated this during telethon, ua.news reports.

"Let's start with the fact that we do not confirm or deny who made the strike and with what. Everyone saw that good flying objects flew that wonderful day to several military facilities on the territory of Tatarstan occupied by Russia," Andriy Yusov said.

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A representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, Defense Express
A representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov / Photo credit: RBC-Ukraine

He emphasized that it is about military facilities. According to preliminary information, as noted by Ukraine's Defense Intelligence representative, the Shahed-type UAVs assembly plant,those suicide drones "which in russia for some reason is called "Geran", was affected.

"There is significant destruction of production facilities there. And the continuation of the enterprise's work is complicated. These are good results. We were all happy about it. I think that there will be such joys in the future as well, and their radius will also increase," Yusov said.

Ukrainian drone hits russian facility, Defense Express
Ukrainian drone hits russian facility / Screenshots of the open source video

We will remind you that on April 2, unknown drones attacked enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan in the russian federation for the first time. In particular Drones hit factory were russians assemble Iranian Shahed-type UAVs in Alabuga special economic zone, located near Yelabuga town in Tatarstan. An oil refinery of Taneco joint-stock company in Nizhnekamsk (a city located in a few dozen kilometers from Yelabuga) was also hit. It belongs to the largest refineries in russia. It is more than 1,000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

eran (Герань) is the russian local name for Shahed-136/131 munitions, Defense Express
Geran (Герань) is the russian local name for Shahed-136/131 munitions / Screenshot of the video report from a Shahed-136 assembly factory

As Defense Express reported, Hackers Disclosed the Cost and Other Details Regarding iranian Shahed Drones Sold to russia. We also wrote, that Number of Shaheds Produced or Received by russia Reaches 1,600 and 2,600. Terrorist state russia uses Iranian Shahed-type UAVs to terrorize Ukrainians almost every night.

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